The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Chris Farrell finished 413th of 551 men in the Open division at Manchester 2026, in 1:38:59.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:15 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Manchester cost the whole field time: about 1:21 more than the average race this season, going by 1,766 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:00v median +0:24
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 5:46v median +0:42
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Block 03 11:32Running 3 6:14v median +0:47
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 6:23v median +0:52
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:21v median +0:40
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Block 06 9:04Running 6 6:03v median +0:27
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 6:02v median +0:26
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Block 08 15:04Running 8 6:59v median +2:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 545
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 545 men who finished.